Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held at the Waldbühne on 10 and 11 August. It was the sixth appearance of the event.[1][2] There were 110 competitors from 14 nations, with each nation sending a team of up to 8 men. The event was won by Konrad Frey of Germany, the nation's first victory in the event and first medal since 1896. Switzerland earned the other two medals, with Eugen Mack getting silver and Albert Bachmann receiving bronze.

Men's pommel horse
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
German team
VenueWaldbühne
Dates10–11 August
Competitors110 from 14 nations
Winning score19.333
Medalists
Konrad Frey
 Germany
Eugen Mack
 Switzerland
Albert Bachmann
 Switzerland

Background

This was the sixth appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Four of the 10 gymnasts from 1932 returned: gold medalist István Pelle of Hungary, bronze medalist Frank Haubold of the United States, fourth-place finisher Frank Cumiskey of the United States, sixth-place finisher Al Jochim of the United States, seventh-place finisher Heikki Savolainen of Finland, eighth-place finisher Ilmari Pakarinen of Finland, and ninth-place finisher Mauri Nyberg-Noroma of Finland. Eugen Mack of Switzerland was the reigning (1934) world champion and a favorite in the event.[3]

Austria, Japan, and Romania each made their debut in the men's pommel horse. The United States made its fifth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

The gymnastics format returned to the aggregation format used in 1928 but not in 1932. Each nation entered a team of eight gymnasts (Bulgaria had only 7). All entrants in the gymnastics competitions (Erang of Luxembourg did not compete in the pommel horse) performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise, with the scores summed to give a final total. The scores in the pommel horse were added to the other apparatus scores to give individual all-around scores; the top six individual scores on each team were summed to give a team all-around score. No separate finals were contested.[4]

The compulsory exercise was described in the Official Report:

Sidestand frontways with grip on pommels, swing right leg under left hand, scissors toward right, saving left leg under left hand, flankswing right and travel to the right to support rearways on the croup (left hand on rear pommel, right hand on croup), swing (circle) the right leg under left and right hand, dorsal swing left with ½ turn left into support rearways over the saddle, flank-swing backward under the left hand into support frontways over the pommels, swing right leg under right hand, scissors toward the left, swing left leg under right hand, circle both legs under left, right and left hand, swing right under right hand, scissors toward left, scissors toward right, swing left under left hand, circle both legs under right, left, right, left and right hand with a dorsal-swing left with ½ turn left into a side-support rearways over the croup (left hand supported with reverse undergrip on rear pommel, right hand on croup), flank-swing under left hand with ¼ turn left to cross support with both hands upon the croup, a further ¼ turn left with flank-swing right to a side-stand rearways, bending knees half deep and raising arms sideward, straighten knees and lower arms to the fundamental position. This exercise could be executed the opposite way or counter-like, but only “in toto”, not the individual parts.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Monday, 10 August 1936
Tuesday, 11 August 1936
7:00Final

Results

Rank Gymnast Nation Compulsory Voluntary Total
Konrad Frey Germany9.8009.53319.333
Eugen Mack Switzerland9.5009.66719.167
Albert Bachmann Switzerland9.5009.56719.067
4Martti Uosikkinen Finland9.5339.53319.066
5Walter Bach Switzerland9.6339.40019.033
Walter Steffens Germany9.5009.53319.033
7Michael Reusch Switzerland9.6009.40019.000
Alfred Schwarzmann Germany9.5009.50019.000
9Willi Stadel Germany9.4679.40018.867
10Matthias Volz Germany9.4339.33318.766
11Egidio Armelloni Italy9.1009.46718.567
Georges Miez Switzerland9.1009.46718.567
13Franz Beckert Germany9.4679.06718.534
14Oreste Capuzzo Italy8.9679.46718.434
15Lajos Tóth Hungary9.3009.06718.367
16Ilmari Pakarinen Finland9.0009.23318.233
17István Pelle Hungary8.8339.36718.200
18Fred Meyer United States9.0339.13318.166
Eduard Steinemann Switzerland9.3338.83318.166
20Savino Guglielmetti Italy8.6339.50018.133
21Frank Cumiskey United States8.7679.33318.100
Mauri Nyberg-Noroma Finland9.2008.90018.100
Otello Ternelli Italy9.0339.06718.100
24József Hegedüs Hungary8.8339.20018.033
25Aleksanteri Saarvala Finland8.5009.46717.967
26Alois Hudec Czechoslovakia9.2338.73317.966
27Nicolo Tronci Italy8.7679.16717.934
28Jan Sládek Czechoslovakia8.9009.00017.900
Innozenz Stangl Germany9.0008.90017.900
30Gottfried Hermann Austria8.9338.93317.866
31Josef Walter Switzerland8.2009.50017.700
32Eino Tukiainen Finland8.3679.30017.667
33Metty Logelin Luxembourg8.6678.80017.467
34Ernst Winter Germany7.8339.60017.433
35Heikki Savolainen Finland9.2678.13317.400
36Esa Seeste Finland8.3679.00017.367
37Emanuel Löffler Czechoslovakia9.3008.00017.300
38Leon Štukelj Yugoslavia8.2339.00017.233
39Konrad Grilc Yugoslavia8.4008.73317.133
Jaroslav Kollinger Czechoslovakia8.1339.00017.133
41Danilo Fioravanti Italy8.4679.33317.800
42Hiroshi Nosaka Japan8.5338.56717.100
43Franco Tognini Italy8.2338.83317.066
44Armand Solbach France8.2338.76717.000
45Maurice Rousseau France8.3678.60016.967
46Miroslav Forte Yugoslavia8.0008.76716.767
47Josip Primožič Yugoslavia8.1678.53316.700
48Walter Beck Switzerland8.4678.06716.534
49Karl Pannos Austria8.5677.93316.500
50Jindrich Tintěra Czechoslovakia7.9678.50016.467
51Hikoroku Arimoto Japan7.9678.46716.434
52Robert Herold France7.4678.93316.400
53Einari Teräsvirta Finland7.5008.83316.333
54Armand Walter France8.1008.20016.300
55Janez Pristov Yugoslavia8.3007.93316.233
56Pius Hollenstein Austria7.6008.60016.200
57Jan Gajdoš Czechoslovakia8.4007.76716.167
58Frank Haubold United States8.8677.16716.034
59Dokan Sone Japan8.2007.76715.967
60Vratislav Petráček Czechoslovakia7.9337.93315.866
61Jey Kugeler Luxembourg7.9677.73315.700
62Boris Gregorka Yugoslavia8.2007.40015.600
Lucien Masset France7.2338.36715.600
64Gyözö Mogyorossy Hungary6.7338.76715.500
65Fujio Kakuta Japan8.1007.30015.400
66Joze Vadnov Yugoslavia7.9677.40015.367
67Yoshitaka Takeda Japan7.4007.80015.200
68Hiroshi Matsunobu Japan8.4676.60015.067
69Artie Pitt United States8.1336.76714.900
70Kiichiro Toyama Japan7.6337.20014.833
71August Sturm Austria6.5008.26714.767
72Yoshio Miyake Japan7.4337.16714.600
73Antoine Schildwein France7.6006.96714.567
74Miklos Péter Hungary5.2679.26714.534
75Franz Swoboda Austria6.6677.76714.434
76Al Jochim United States7.4676.80014.267
77Gábor Kecskeméti Hungary6.3337.53313.866
István Sárkány Hungary6.4337.43313.866
79Franz Haupert Luxembourg7.3336.33313.666
80Robert Pranz Austria5.9007.66713.567
81József Sarlós Hungary7.4336.03313.466
82Chet Phillips United States7.5335.80013.333
83Jean Aubry France7.5335.76713.300
84Adolf Scheffknecht Austria5.5677.63313.200
85Dimitrije Merzlikin Yugoslavia7.3675.66713.034
86Neno Mirchev Bulgaria6.0006.80012.800
87Jos Romersa Luxembourg7.0005.73312.733
88Leopold Redl Austria5.0337.60012.633
89George Wheeler United States8.2334.33312.566
90Paul Masino France6.4675.96712.434
91Willy Klein Luxembourg5.6336.76712.400
92Marcel Leineweber Luxembourg5.3676.63312.000
93Remus Ludu Romania5.3336.63311.966
94Jos Cillien Luxembourg5.9335.90011.833
95Yovcho Khristov Bulgaria4.5006.20010.700
96Kenny Griffin United States5.5675.00010.567
97Pando Sidov Bulgaria4.2335.86710.100
98Andrei Abraham Romania4.7335.30010.033
99Ion Albert Romania4.5005.4009.900
100Ivan Stoychev Bulgaria4.1675.6339.800
101Iosif Matusec Romania5.1004.4009.500
102Bohumil Povejšil Czechoslovakia8.1331.3339.466
103Alexandru Dan Romania4.1675.2009.367
104Lyuben Obretenov Bulgaria4.0005.0009.000
105Frederic Draghici Romania4.0334.7008.733
106Iohan Schmidt Romania4.2674.2338.500
107Ivan Chureshki Bulgaria3.6673.6677.334
108Georgi Dimitrov Bulgaria3.6671.6675.334
Romeo Neri Italy8.567DNF
Vasile Moldovan Romania3.567DNF

References

  1. "Gymnastics: 1936 Olympic Results - Men's pommelled horse". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. "Pommelled Horse, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. Official Report, p. 846.
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